Harry Humphry Mellon
Military Person
1946 –
Who is Harry Humphry Mellon?
Harry Humphry Mellon is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army, American businessman, inventor of Job Order Contracting, entrepreneur, and founder and Chairman of The Gordian Group, Inc.
In 1982, Mellon conceived the idea of Job Order Contracting. He was working as the Chief Engineer at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium. In 1985, Mellon implemented the Job Order Contracting concept for the U.S. Army, which was called the “Mellon Plan” at the time. Following implementation at the U.S. Army, Mellon moved the idea into the U.S. Air Force and Navy. In 1990, Mellon started The Gordian Group for the sole purpose of providing the services, software, data and documents that would make facility and infrastructure owners successful at Job Order Contracting.
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- Born
- Sep 26, 1946
San Mateo - Education
- Joint Forces Staff College
- San Diego State University
- George Washington University
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on July 23, 2013
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